Classroom management

Classroom management is a concept in education which involves the ability of an instructor to manage a classroom through policies, plans, and methods. Approaches towards teaching include "power teaching" (call-and-response, gesturing, pair work, and other ways to get students involved in the lesson), the "Montessori method" (Maria Montessori's "self-directed learning", in which older students educate younger students, and there is a more hands-on approach), or the traditional approach (instructing students - often seated behind single desks - while using a blackboard and lecturing).